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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
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إِلٰهِي إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو نَفْساً
ilahi ilayka ashku nafsan
My God, to You I complain of a soul
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بِٱلسُّوءِ أَمَّارَةً
bissu’i ammaratan
commanding to evil,
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وَإِلَىٰ ٱلْخَطِيئَةِ مُبَادِرَةً
wa ila alkhati’ati mubadiratan
rushing to offenses,
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وَبِمَعَاصِيكَ مُولَعَةً
wa bima`asika mula`atan
eager to disobey You,
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وَلِسَخَطِكَ مُتَعَرِّضَةً
wa lisakhatika muta`arridatan
and exposing itself to Your anger.
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تَسْلُكَ بِي مَسَالِكَ ٱلْمَهَالِكِ
tasluka bi masalika almahaliki
It takes me on the roads of disasters,
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وَتَجْعَلُنِي عِنْدَكَ أَهْوَنَ هَالِكٍ
wa taj`aluni `indaka ahwana halikin
it makes me the easiest of perishing ones before You;
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كَثيرَةَ ٱلْعِلَلِ
kathirata al`ilali
many its pretexts,
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طَويلَةَ ٱل أَمَلِ
tawilata al-amali
drawn out its expectations;
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إِنْ مَسَّهَا ٱلشَّرُّ تَجْزَعْ
in massaha ashsharru tajza`u
when evil touches it, it is anxious,
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وَإِنْ مَسَّهَا ٱلْخَيْرُ تَمْنَعْ
wa in massaha alkhayru tamna`u
when good touches it, grudging;
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مَيَّالَةً إِلَىٰ ٱللَّعِبِ وَٱللَّهْوِ
mayyalatan ila alla`ibi wallahwi
inclining to sport and diversion,
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مَمْلُوءَةً بِٱلْغَفْلَةِ وَٱلسَّهْوِ
mamlu’atan bilghaflati wassahwi
full of heedlessness and inattention,
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تُسْرِعُ بِي إِلَىٰ ٱلْحَوْبَةِ
tusri`u bi ila alhawbati
it hurries me to misdeeds
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وَتُسَوِّفُنِي بِٱلتَّوْبَةِ
wa tusawwifuni bittawbati
and makes me delay repentance.
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إِلٰهِي أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ
ilahi ashku ilayka
My God, I complain to You
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عَدُوّاً يُضِلُّنِي
`aduwwan yudilluni
of an enemy who misguides me
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وَشَيْطَاناً يُغْوينِي
wa shaytanan yughwini
and a devil who leads me astray.
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قَدْ مَلأَ بِٱلْوَسْوَاسِ صَدْرِي
qad mala’a bilwaswasi sadri
He has filled my breast with tempting thoughts,
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وَأَحَاطَتْ هَوَاجِسُهُ بِقَلْبِي
wa ahatat hawajisuhu biqalbi
and his suggestions have encompassed my heart.
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يُعَاضِدُ لِيَ ٱلْهَوَىٰ
yu`adidu liya alhawa
He supports caprice against me,
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وَيُزَيِّنُ لِي حُبَّ ٱلدُّنْيَا
wa yuzayyinu li hubba addunya
embellishes for me the love of this world,
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وَيَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ ٱلطَّاعَةِ وَٱلزُّلْفَىٰ
wa yahulu bayni wa bayna atta`ati wazzulfa
and separates me from obedience and proximity!
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إِلٰهِي إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو
ilahi ilayka ashku
My God, to You I complain
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قَلْباً قَاسِياً
qalban qasiyan
of a heart that is hard,
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مَعَ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ مُتَقَلِّباً
ma`a alwaswasi mutaqalliban
turned this way and that by tempting thoughts,
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وَبِٱلرَّيْنِ وَٱلطَّبْعِ مُتَلَبِّساً
wa birrayni wattab`i mutalabbisan
clothed in rust and the seal,
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وَعَيْناً عَنِ ٱلْبُكَاءِ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ جَامِدَةً
wa `aynan `an albuka’i min khawfika jamidatan
and of an eye too indifferent to weep in fear of You
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وَإِلَىٰ مَا تَسُرُّهَا طَامِحَةً
wa ila ma tasurruha tamihatan
and eagerly seeking that which gladdens it!
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إِلٰهِي لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِقُدْرَتِكَ
ilahi la hawla wa la quwwata illa biqudratika
My God, there is no force and no strength except in Your power,
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وَلاَ نَجَاةَ لِي مِنْ مَكَارِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ بِعِصْمَتِكَ
wa la najata li min makarihi addunya illa bi`ismatika
and no deliverance for me from the detested things of this world save through Your preservation.
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فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِبَلاغَةِ حِكْمَتِكَ
fa as’aluka bibalaghati hikmatika
So I ask You by Your far-reaching wisdom
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وَنَفَاذِ مَشِيَّتِكَ
wa nafadhi mashiyyatika
and Your penetrating will
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أَنْ لاَ تَجْعَلْنِي لِغَيْرِ جُودِكَ مُتَعَرِّضاً
an la taj`alni lighayri judika muta`arridan
not to let me expose myself to other than Your munificence
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وَلاَ تُصَيِّرْنِي لِلْفِتَنِ غَرَضاً
wa la tusayyirni lilfitani gharadan
and not to turn me into a target for trials!
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وَكُنْ لِي عَلَىٰ ٱلأَعْدَاءِ نَاصِراً
wa kun li `ala al-a`da’i nasiran
Be for me a helper against enemies,
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وَعَلَىٰ ٱلْمَخَازِي وَٱلْعُيُوبِ سَاتِراً
wa `ala almakhazi wal`uyubi satiran
a coverer of shameful things and faults,
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وَمِنَ ٱلْبَلايَا وَاقِياً
wa min albalaya waqiyan
a protector against afflictions,
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وَعَنِ ٱلْمَعَاصِي عَاصِماً
wa `an alma`asi ` asiman
a preserver against acts of disobedience!
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بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ
bira’fatika wa rahmatika
By Your clemency and mercy,
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يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
ya arhama arrahimina
O Most Merciful of the merciful!